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Veteran, 91, discharged in 1948 for being gay files lawsuit
In the 1940s, H. Edward Spires faced a choice men don't face today — enlist or be drafted. Spires chose to enlist, and was assigned as an Air Force chaplain's assistant in San Antonio, Texas. But his "easy" assignment came to a screeching halt in 1948, when he was reported for being gay and was discharged as "undesirable." Now, 68 years later, the 91-year-old has filed a federal lawsuit seeking an honorable discharge so he can receive a military burial.
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Displaying my flippant reprehensibility,,,,,,,,,,,,,, he could/should have enlisted
"In The Navy".
What are you thinking?
You think that's funny?
You crack yourself up, didja?
Downvote me,,,,,,,, then
"don't go away mad, just go away".
No, seriously. What the fuck are you even thinking there? This guy's life hasn't been marked by enough bigotry and ignorance yet, coming on seventy years since it was ruined for who he is? After you realized you were out of line with a dipshit antijoke, then it was too funny to stop yourself piling on?
You used a swear word.
"No, seriously,"
stop your PC rhetoric, currying favor BS, and move on.
Fuck you.
See,
you should've taken my first response to heart.
LOL